These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to socially succeed.

A research team led by William O'Hearn from the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research has found that female Guinea baboons court males more intensively when they show special ...

Baboons, however, live their entire lives in close and continuous ... and grow up clustered around her and each other - it is harder to see who the paternal sisters in a group are. In fact, we ...

Alberts and colleagues also looked at a group of baboons living near a human refugee camp, where they had close contact with people. In this group, they found, it became uncommon for outside males to ...

A man in Simon's Town helped baboons cross a road safely. South Africans were touched by the video of the troop of baboons ...

ENCOUNTERS between baboons and people are common in parts ... When he stopped at a school in a small town, a group of teenagers hunted him down, attacked him and burned him to death.

Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often share stories of baboons raiding a kitchen and stealing all the food. And stories appear in the ...

They also noted whether she was born in a drought year, born into a large group or had a sibling close in age, which could mean more competition for resources or maternal attention. The results show ...

Baboons have the ability to cooperate with each other, like their human counterparts, for the common good, or punish them if they do not reciprocate, according to a study. Scientists have long ...

Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts ... When he stopped at a school in a small town, a group of teenagers hunted him down, attacked him and burned him to death.